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Florida Federal Candidate Qualifying Ends

On 3 Public Relations (On3PR) each election cycle presents its federal candidate qualifying report, along with the most recent campaign finance reports, for our clients, colleagues and media.

Federal candidates had until noon, Friday, April 24 to file paperwork to
run for federal office in Florida’s 27 congressional districts. There are two
open congressional seats, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL-03) and Rep. Francis Rooney
(R-FL-19). Florida’s two U.S. Senate seats are not up in 2020.

The report may be accessed by clicking here, but first, a few notes to keep in mind while viewing this federal report.

Contributions to federal campaigns must be personal dollars, not
corporate, and are limited to $2,800 per person, per cycle (primary and
general). One may, however, contribute a total of $5,600 now, designating
$2,800 for the primary election and $2,800 for the general election. Federal PACs
may also contribute. In this report, the ‘contribution’ totals and the ‘cash on
hand’ totals may include combined primary and general dollars, but candidates
may only spend dollars allocated for the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 18,
2020 and the remaining for the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020

Contributions, expenditures, and cash on hand totals include this
election cycle (January 1, 2019 through the most recent report, March 31,
2020). Federal incumbents may ‘carry over’ their dollars from cycle to cycle,
unlike state candidates which are required to close out their campaigns after
the election.

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